Actor Brian Cox warns that the SAG strike will turn “very unpleasant.”
Kelly Taylor
It’s been around 63 years since both writers and actors went on strike together.
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Due to the strike of the Writers and Actors Guild of America, production of many movies or shows had to be canceled.
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Those who are still working are not members of SAG, but those TV shows cannot be produced for long without their actors.
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This strike will also affect theaters, as actors will not go on promoting as per the rules of the strike.
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The strike has been in motion since May 2023, and writers and actors have been demanding since then a raise in their income along with job security from AI.
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There is a conflict between the two unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
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The Nanny's prior star and current SAG-AFTRA president, Fran Drescher, criticized the studios' "insulting and disrespectful" answers to the actors' complaints.
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After the national board of the SAG-AFTRA union's approval of a member walkout, actor Brian Cox gave an alert that the actors' strike may get "very unpleasant.”
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The Director’s Guild is out of the strike as they settled their negotiation in June itself, though they fully support the ongoing strike.
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The Emmy Awards, which were to happen soon, have been delayed due to the strike.
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In 1980, the last actor strike happened, and it lasted for 10 weeks. Now let’s see how long this strike will last.
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